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Article #27676Re: C&C Gens Great - CD porting STINKS!
From: error
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:49
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:49
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jmev7 wrote: > I know, they just want to protect their investment, but I'm sick of carrying > around all of these CD's. I bought the game, put it on my laptop (along with > 16 other games), and just want to carry the laptop around - NOT a case of > CD's as well. All of the NO CD fixes I've downloaded fail. Any chance some > one out there knows of a real (easy hopefully) way to avoid carrying the CD > around? Easy. Get a disc ripping program (CloneCD, Blindwrite, Alcohol 120%) and rip images of the C&C discs (using the appropriate settings). Copy said images on to laptop hard drive and mount with Daemon Tools. This has the benefit of copying the copy protection so that you don't need any cracks and don't have to worry about patches undoing them.
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